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P1 Technologies history
P1 Technologies company history timeline
1949 - First Airfix self-assembly model initially made of cellulose acetate and later polystyrene
1949 - High impact polystyrene introduced as a commercial plastic
1949 - Launch in US of Tupperware made from low density polyethylene
That is an average growth rate of 8.5% per year since 1950 when it was 1.5 million metric tons.
Since 1950, 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic have been produced.
1953 - Commercialisation of polyester fibres introduces the concept of ‘drip dry’ and ‘non-iron’
1954 - Polystyrene foam (introduced by Dow Chemical Co.)
1955 - First production of high density polyethylene in UK
1956 - Reliant Regal 111, first commercially successful all glass-reinforced-plastic bodied car goes on sale
1956 - Eero Saarinen’s Tulip Chair launched, consisting of seat made of glass-fibre-reinforced plastic.
1956 - DuPont files patents for first acetals (POM)
1958 - First production of polycarbonates (Bayer and General Electric)
1960 - Ethylene-vinyl acetate co-polymers launched by DuPont
1965 - Kevlar® is first developed by DuPont
1970 - First Yellow HDPE pressure pipes for gas introduced into UK by Wavin/British Gas.
1976 - Plastics in its great variety of forms becomes the most used type of material in the world
1979 - Introduction of first commercial mobile/ portable ‘phones
1979 - First PVC-U double glazed windows installed in the UK
1980 - First Blue HDPE pressure pipes for potable water introduced into UK.
1989 - First light-emitting polymers (poly-ethyne) discovered in Cambridge
1994 - Smart car with lightweight flexible integrally coloured polycarbonate panels introduced
2000 - First commercial metallocene catalysed polyolefins introduced.
2004 - First window manufactured from 100% post-consumer recycled PVC
2005 - Polycond project established to look at the potential of conductive polymers
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2013 - Recovinyl recycles more than one million PVC-U window frames per year in the UK
In 2016, the petrochemical industry used the equivalent of 17.4 million barrels of oil per day, which is just under 20% of global oil consumption.
A German study published in 2017 estimated that ten rivers, of which eight are in Asia and two in Africa, account for 90% of plastic waste in the oceans – the Yangtse alone releases 15 million metric tons each year.
In a 2018 study, the International Energy Agency predicts production of around 600 million metric tons by the middle of the century.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Plastics | 1972 | $1.8M | 27 | - |
| BGF Industries | 1947 | $210.0M | 864 | 6 |
| Hedstrom | 1914 | - | 751 | - |
| Arvco Container | 1971 | $58.9M | 200 | - |
| Gunlocke | 1902 | $280.0M | 1,500 | - |
| Ashley Industrial Molding | 2001 | $37.5M | 100 | - |
| Gateway Packaging Company | 1982 | $15.0M | 20 | - |
| Lake Cable, Llc | - | $1.3M | 25 | 7 |
| Modern Plastics | 1945 | $1.6M | 30 | - |
| NJ Center for the Healing Arts | 1989 | $630,000 | 7 | - |
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